Rapid7 Management

Rapid7 has a strong senior management team and a set of investors that provide stability and financing in this very competitive market.

Rapid7 Board of Directors

Ben Nye, Bain Capital Ventures - Mr. Nye joined Bain Capital Ventures in 2004. Prior to joining Bain Capital Ventures, Mr. Nye was a SVP at Veritas Software. Prior to Veritas, he was COO and CFO of Precise Software Solutions, where he helped build Precise from a $10MM revenue private company to a $100MM revenue public company prior to its sale to Veritas for $600MM. Earlier in his career Mr. Nye was a Principal at Allied Capital, a public investment company, and he also worked in the U.S. Treasury Department for Treasury Secretaries Lloyd Bentsen and Robert Rubin, and as a consultant for Mercer Management Consulting. Mr. Nye attended Harvard College and Harvard Business School, where he graduated with honors.

Ben Holzman, Bain Capital Ventures - Mr. Holzman joined Bain Capital in 2007. Prior to joining Bain Capital, Ben was Vice President of Sales Operations from Iron Mountain, the global leader in information protection and storage services. At Iron Mountain, Ben had responsibility for sales strategy, compensation and the sales-oriented CRM and business intelligence systems. Prior to Iron Mountain, Ben was a venture investor with Fidelity Ventures, where he focused on systems and storage management firms. Earlier in his career, Ben was a consultant at McKinsey and Company, where he advised a wide variety of firms on strategic, operational and organizational issues. Mr. Holzman received his BSE magna cum laude in Biomedical and Electrical Engineering from Duke University and his MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management.

Alan Matthews - CEO & Chairman - Mr. Matthews and partner John Devine, with whom he launched Percussion Software, Bond Technologies and Stride & Associates, founded Rapid7 to address the need he saw in the market for network security. Prior to his business partnerships with Devine, Mr. Matthews was a consultant to the investment banking group at Merrill Lynch, developed mortgage-backed securities software at First Boston, coordinated and operated computer graphics lab at HBO/Time Warner, and in the late 1970s served as a programmer and designer for the VM operating system at IBM. Download complete biography for Alan Matthews.

Mike Tuchen - President - Mr. Tuchen has joined Rapid7 to lead its next phase of growth as the company expands its marketing, sales channels and product development. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Tuchen was the general manager of Microsoft’s SQL Server Marketing team, with which he led worldwide strategic planning and revenue-generating efforts, including product marketing, field programs, product planning and partner strategy. Mr. Tuchen has had two stints at Microsoft totaling nine years and in an expanding range of product development and marketing roles. Mr. Tuchen holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Brown University (magna cum laude), a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, and a Masters of Business Administration from Harvard Business School (Baker Scholar). Download the complete biography for Mike Tuchen.

John Devine - Rapid7 Board of Directors - Mr. Devine has extensive operations and sales expertise. He oversees Rapid7's sales endeavors, a core area of operations he directed at Percussion, Bond Technologies, and Stride & Associates. Mr. Devine is the architect of Rapid7's direct sales desk structure, a team-oriented hierarchy that produces results. Prior to his recent experiences, Devine spent almost 10 years in IT job placement.